Blaine Hudson says Wrexham must band together to finish their season on a high, admitting the club have hugely under-performed.

Manager Kevin Wilkin paid the price for under-achieving on Monday, the decision to sack him coming just 24 hours after the Dragons suffered a humiliating penalty shoot-out loss to North Ferriby United in the final of the FA Trophy at Wembley.

The Dragons currently sit in 15th place with just seven games remaining in the term, a place way below the expectations of the Wrexham Supporters Trust board.

Hudson insists the players must take their share of responsibility for the poor campaign, and adds it is vital they end the season on a positive.

“I think Deano (Dean Keates) came out and said it before, we have under-performed in the league and we are not going to beat around the bush about that,” said Hudson.

“We know that and whether it is the cup run, I don’t know - we seem to always play well in the cup and then not so well in the league.

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“We have beaten the best sides in the league and then lost to the worst teams in the league, we have got to learn from it. Something has got to change next year and it has got to come from us to start with no matter who comes in.

“He (Wilkin) brought me here and I am thankful for the opportunity of being here. He has brought in a few good lads and the core of the team and we are all thankful to him, but I think now we have got to stick together.

“It will show massively in these last few games which way we are going to go and even how next season is going to look. We have got to do it for ourselves, especially after the low of Sunday.

“Some lads here haven’t got contracts for next year, some have, but either way you have got to do it for yourself to try and get some points on the board before the end of the season to get a positive feeling back at the club after the upset of Sunday.”

Wrexham fought out a 1-1 draw at home with Dover Athletic on Tuesday night, 24 hours after the announcement of Wilkin’s exit, and only 48 hours after they played 120 minutes at Wembley before losing on penalties to North Ferriby.

Hudson believes there was a positive reaction from his team-mates and was also delighted to see Andy Coughlin pull off a penalty save to keep out Stefan Payne’s effort after Manny Smith was judged by referee Richard Wigglesworth to have wrestled down Sean Raggett in the box, something his centre-back partner still doesn’t accept was a foul.

He added: “I think there was a positive reaction and it shows that we are all sticking together.

“I think a lot of people didn’t know what to expect when we went into the game, but the reaction we showed after everything that has gone on and 48 hours after losing in a cup final to play another 90 minutes showed good character and we were unlucky not to win it.

“But the referee nearly cost us with a decision,

“I don’t think he (the referee) knew what he had given. I shouldn’t really comment on referees but that could have killed us off.

“It was a great save from Coughs and after that, it sparked us into life because we started a little bit sloppy in the first 15 minutes after the break and then after that it woke ups up a bit and we had the majority of the play in the second half.

“The cup final defeat was the first time I have experienced anything like that, and we have got to learn from it and be stronger for it. If that feeling from losing doesn’t spur you from going on then you shouldn’t be in this profession.”

Hudson found the back of the net in the penalty shoot-out, the centre-half firing straight down the middle and high into the roof of the net to beat Adam Nicklin.

Wes York, Andy Bishop and Louis Moult also scored, however, misses from Connor Jennings, Neil Ashton and crucially Steve Tomassen with the last effort saw North Ferriby win 5-4 on penalties.

Hudson added: “I used to take penalties in the youth team when I was a first year and my old man always used to say whack it, it is 12 yards out, hit is as hard as you can down the middle, because the keeper is going to dive, and most keepers will guess a side.

“So I had that in the back of my head and I tried to hit it hard and luckily I got a clean connection and it went straight down the middle, it could have gone anywhere.”